8 Ngomnyaka wesibili bephendukile eJerusalema endlini kaNkulunkulu weqiniso, ngenyanga yesibili, uZerubhabheli indodana kaSheyalithiyeli, loJeshuwa indodana kaJehozadakhi, labo bonke abafowabo labaphristi lamaLevi bawuqalisa umsebenzi bekanye labantu bonke ababuya eJerusalema bevela ekuthunjweni.+ Babeka amaLevi ayeleminyaka engu-20 kusiya phezulu ukuthi akhangele umsebenzi wokwakha indlu kaJehova.

2 Kwathi sekunjalo uZerubhabheli+ indodana kaSheyalithiyeli, loJeshuwa+ indodana kaJehozadakhi baqalisa ukwakha kutsha indlu kaNkulunkulu+ eyayiseJerusalema. Abaphrofethi bakaNkulunkulu babelabo, bebasekela.+

14 Ngakho uJehova wafaka idlabuzane+ kuZerubhabheli* umbusi* wakoJuda,+ indodana kaSheyalithiyeli, lakuJoshuwa+ umphristi omkhulu, indodana kaJehozadakhi lasebantwini bonke. Babuya baqalisa umsebenzi wokwakha kutsha indlu kaJehova wamabutho, uNkulunkulu wabo.+

3 Wasengitshengisa uJoshuwa+ umphristi omkhulu emi duze lengilosi kaJehova. USathane+ ubemi esandleni sakhe sokudla ukuze amvimbe.